I archive everything. It doesn't require an extraordinary amount of disk space these days. I have a Sieve filter set up on the server to move messages from various mailing lists into their respective folders automatically.That is true, especially for people who don't save useful information like I do.But I save a lot of emails that I think have useful information, and I usually search my emails for a message that contains specific words to see if I saved it.
This list does not get a lot of traffic.And the windows Jaws lists have a lot of repeating questions.
They also attract a lot of people whose level of technical
knowledge is very low, and who often don't seem to care about
improving it. This is the opposite of the Debian community and
Linux in general.
I think I'll join your list - thank you for the details. A
cross-operating system list would be of interest, especially if it
tends to attract people with expertise, and not people who ask
questions that could be answered in 30 seconds with a fairly
obvious Web search.